Previous page | New search |
The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here
Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | A Summary of the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in Mozambique, 1999 |
Author: | Silva, Vicky da |
Year: | 2001 |
Periodical: | Journal of African Elections |
Volume: | 1 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 97-108 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Mozambique |
Subjects: | elections 1999 Politics and Government |
Abstract: | Summary overview of the 1999 parliamentary and presidential elections in Mozambique, in the following sections: political background - the electoral system - election preparations (voter registration; registration of political parties and candidates; presidential candidate nominations; voter education; public funding of political parties; cost of the elections) - the electoral campaign - the media - election observers (national observers; international observers) - the poll - the results - post-electoral disputes. Conclusion: Mozambique's second general elections were considered by local and international observers to be a success. At one level, they demonstrate general compliance with due process and the use of formal channels for complaints. Renamo was fully within its rights to submit its appeal for a recount of the votes to the Supreme Court. However, interim statements by Renamo officials that Frelimo had 'stolen' the elections, that the party would make Mozambique 'ungovernable' and that the Supreme Court lacked independence, serve notice that Mozambique's path to democracy continues to require careful navigation. A major obstacle to continued reconciliation is the constitutional issue raised by Frelimo's intransigence about its claim to appoint all provincial governors as the majority party at national level. [ASC Leiden abstract] |